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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: bjrogg on August 25, 2019, 07:51:55 pm

Title: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 25, 2019, 07:51:55 pm

I had someone  bring me some primitive style arrows. They wanted to display them. They had two groups of different  length arrows. They wanted to display them together but separately. I made him this quiver. Mink for the longer arrows with a Wessels I got from Ksnow attached to the belly side of Mink for the shorter arrows.  For a strap he had some commercially tan deerhide he wanted me to use. I cut strips from around the outside of the hide. Then I Flemish twisted two together. One was a little longer than the other so I made a fringe out of the extra.

I know one thing. If the guy doesn't like it I'm keeping it for myself.

Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Deerhunter21 on August 25, 2019, 07:58:39 pm

Wow bj! thats really pretty! thats just! wow! i really like it! 

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 25, 2019, 08:01:45 pm

Thanks Russell. I do to. My wife says it looks like a skunk. She really likes it though.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: burchett.donald on August 25, 2019, 08:50:31 pm

  Nice bj...I think he will be thrilled

 Now stick that deer at the end of the corn row!!!!!!!!!!!!Guess you are practicing for the upcoming season?

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: chamookman on August 26, 2019, 02:18:29 am

Way Cool  :OK ! Bob

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: BrianS on August 26, 2019, 03:58:36 am

Nice work

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 05:22:57 am

Thanks Don. Yup that deer at the end of the corn rows I pick up at our local dump. Guy that runs it saved her for me when someone brought her in to throw her away. Couldn't believe it she was only shoot about three times but has been out in the weather awhile. Poor girl has been getting drilled lately. I've got a practice tree stand back there behind my house. Gotta get better shooting out of trees.
Thanks Bob
Thanks BrianS

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Pappy on August 26, 2019, 06:08:14 am

I like that, very nice work. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 08:56:51 am

Thanks Pappy
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: mullet on August 26, 2019, 09:37:20 am

Wow, that is cool! Real nice, Brian. Wish we had those little rats down here.

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Hawkdancer on August 26, 2019, 11:16:05 am

That is one fine quiver!  Is there one ermine or two?  Ours are pretty small, I'd need about 3 or 4 to make a quiver!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 06:26:41 pm

I wish I had good numbers of them here to Eddie. I've only ever caught one and it was a incidental mink set. Maybe I should try specifically for them. Might be More  than I know. I got this one in a trade with Ksnow at Marshall.

Jerry the arrows aren't really long. The shorter one are like small kids arrows and the longer are larger kids arrows. Of coarse kids can fill the soup kettle to and I'm sure they did.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 06:28:52 pm

Oh I also emailed the guy some pictures and he really,really liked the quiver.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Pat B on August 26, 2019, 06:41:11 pm

Cool quiver, BJ.  8)    :OK

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 06:54:30 pm

Thanks Pat.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: HH~ on August 26, 2019, 07:18:23 pm

Neat quiver.

You have moving water , swampy muskrat habitat you have mink.

I have seen lots of mink hunting and fishing where the creek meets river at my place. You have muskrats you’ll have mink, more the netter.

Wild mink if darker are beautiful. I saw and caught more mink when there were more muskrat habitats, wet land, swamps.

Otters are hell on muskrats. Less Otter more mink you’ll catch and see.


HH~

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on August 26, 2019, 07:26:31 pm

Yup HH Mink and Muskrats go together although I'm pretty sure the Muskrats would just as soon they didn't.
It's the pocket Wessels I've never caught much. But I've never really targeted them either.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Trapper Rob on August 26, 2019, 08:06:57 pm

Looks nice BJ

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: HH~ on August 26, 2019, 08:15:13 pm

The ermin?

I have only caught them in dead of winter killing rabbits in old stone walls. I have some ermin stashed here or maybe they are at my Dad’s place. I have only seen one here in Tenn, brown phase.

HH~

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Stoner on September 22, 2019, 07:54:59 am

I like it. Got a couple mink I trapped back in MI. I tanned them now I gotta get off my duff and do a project like yours. John

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: Hawkdancer on September 22, 2019, 11:26:40 am

The ermine phase is pretty much only a cold climate winter coat in the mountains and the north country.  Got something to do with the snowfall as well.  They are bloodthirsty little devils, though!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bassman on October 01, 2019, 02:57:11 pm

That is really neat. I like it.

Title: Re: A mink wessel combo quiver.
Post by: bjrogg on March 11, 2020, 09:59:19 am

Thanks guys. Guess it’s been awhile since I looked at this post sorry for not getting back to you all.

I’m going to move this one back to the top. Hopefully it helps answer a question for someone.

Bjrogg